Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.

    First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading， especially when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby, too. You can really become lost in a book.

    Next, you can read a book almost anywhere: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed—even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.

    Another good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork become much easier. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.

    Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is hardly out of date!

What other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable!

    ABiteofChina is the name of a TV program on CCTV­1 and CCTV­9. It's made by our best directors. It shows traditional dishes in different places of China. And more importantly, it offers you rich knowledge of geography, history and culture when Chinese eat.

    The program shows us beautiful and perfect ways of food­making. It's not only about dishes, and it also gets people from different places to tell stories about their experience with food.

    The program acts as a window allowing (允许) the world to better understand China, and it helps people all over the world enjoy the beauty of Chinese food and learn Chinese customs.

    The TV program is very popular among people both at home and abroad (国外). After the program, many Chinese restaurants have increased in business. Visitors come a long way to enjoy the food mentioned in the program. The program also helps people to talk about their food safety.

⑴题完成句子；⑵⑶题简略回答问题；⑷题写出 it代指的内容；⑸题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

(an extract from Stuart Little)

    When Mrs. Frederick C. Little's second son arrived, everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse. The truth of the matter was, the baby looked very much like a mouse in every way. He was only about two inches high; and he had a mouse's sharp nose, a mouse's tail, a mouse's whiskers(胡须)，and the pleasant, shy manner of a mouse. Before he was many days old he was not only looking like a mouse but acting like one, too-wearing a gray hat and carrying a small cane(手杖).Mr. and Mrs. Little named him Stuart, and Mr. Little made him a tiny bed.

    Unlike most babies, Stuart could walk as soon as he was born. Mrs. Little saw right that the baby clothes she had provided were unsuitable, and she set to work and made him a fine little blue suit. Every morning, before Stuart dressed. Mrs. Little went into his room and weighed him on a small scale(称)which was really used for weighing letters. At birth Stuart could have been sent by first class mail, but his parents preferred to keep him rather than send him away. At the age of a month, he had gained only a third of an ounce(盎司), his mother was so worried that she sent for the doctor.

    The doctor was happy with Stuart and said that it was very unusual for an American family to have a mouse. He took Stuart's temperature and found that it was 98.6, which is normal for a mouse. Everything seemed to be all right, and Mrs. Little was pleased to get such a good report.

    "Feed him up!" said the doctor cheerfully, as he left.

    The home of the Little family was a pleasant place near a park in New York City. In the mornings, the Littles were up early as a general rule. Stuart was a great help to his parents, and to his old brother, because of his small size and because he could do things that a mouse can do and was willing to do them.

Have you ever been to Holland（荷兰）? If you live in Japan and you have never been to Holland, you should go to Huis Ten Bosch（豪斯登堡）. Huis Ten Bosch is an amusement park near Nagasaki（长崎）in Japan. All the houses there look like the houses in Holland. All the restaurants have famous food from Holland, such as cheese.

Huis Ten Bosch is really big. There are five large hotels there. The park has an old-fashioned train, many buses and taxis, and several boats for people to travel around. Most of the buses and taxis are more than 80 years old. For people who like shopping, there are many stores where you can buy the souvenirs from Holland. For people who like movies, there are many movie theaters. One of them shows cartoons all day. Athletic visitors can enjoy ice skating, tennis and swimming. For people who are interested in animals, there's wonderful zoo. The zoo has many animals from South America, especially Peru（秘鲁）. If you want to visit the amusement park, you have to take a boat. There are many boat rides for visitors to Huis Ten Bosch.

    Hello, I'm Martin. My birthday is coming. And I⑴_______ (have) a party at my house this Sunday. I really want some of my friends to come to my birthday party, but it's not easy to find my house. I write something to them and tell them how⑵______ (find) my house.

    Go along Guangming Street and don't turn left or right. Just walk straight for about ten minutes and you can see a bus stop on your right. ⑶You can take the No.5 bus and get off at the third stop. Then you are on Happy Street. Walk along the street and you'll see a bank at the corner of the street. ⑷ 我家就在银行旁边。

    That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in the city I lived. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked. I thought seriously about giving up both acting and the life in this awful place.

    As I walked down the empty street under tall buildings. I felt very small and cold.

    "Run!" I told myself and began to do so, both to keep warm and keep away from any possible danger.

    About a block from my flat. I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun, but the street was empty. The noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. I didn't realize what the noise had been until I reached my flat and unlocked the door. It had been my wallet falling to the street.

    I wasn't cold or tired any more. I ran out of the door and back to where I had heard the noise. Although I searched the street for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.

    Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard a rubbish truck stop next to me, A voice called from the inside, "Alisa Camacho?" I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name？The door opened and a man jumped out. "Is this what you're looking for?" he asked, holding up a small square shape.

    It was nearly 3 a. m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn't get much sleep that night. But I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life.